The Sun. — London, England, 1808-02-15 00:00:00

PRICE is! , CTOCkS TIPS DAY AT T, , t.f.1,11 , .. oicLocx. Consols THE SUN. Qt 1L DICIaa rAusuM •AIUDEA7 I LONDON, IktONDAY, FElBlttinitY 1 CO. Ms have this morning received Paris Papers to the 31 st ult. the cente t nts of which are of 'consider sble ittattortance. The KING of Pautsra has been compelled to issue a Decree, prohibiting all relations between Great Britain and Prussia ) but the lan guage of the Decree affords the strongest proof of the' reluctance with which his PRUSISIAN , MAJESTY issued it; After stating, that by the Treaty of Tilsit he was bound to ',Skit the Ports .of Prussia against England, and distinctly admitting the losa that mast result ,to his . Subjeala from this measure, His Pact.. SIAN MAJESTir , !mys, he entertained a hope, that by the intervention of Bessie a General Peace might he restored; but being dinappoirited'in that hope, he has now no other choice left but to Vrohibit all rela tion between Great Britain and. Prussia,,, until the lestoration of Pence. The report which Was circa fated lately, that the Cointnercial Regulati9es which ',lave recently been adopted in Holland were about to be relaxed, appears to be' wholly without founda tion.. Not only no relaxation has taken place, but another Decree, Still has been issued, by which the Ports of }Toilet,- are shut against all Ships whatever, whether belonging to Neutrals or Allies, with the following exceptions only, vtz.-;--Artned Ships of War may enter the Ports of lioliand with their Prizes, and the Meachant Vessels belonging to Neutral or Allied Powers may take refuge in the Forts of Holland, from the dangers of the sea ; but they are to be placed under the most, striOt and severe quarantine, and must put to sea. as sofa) as the wea ther permits. Even Fishing Boats arc forbid to go to sea without a soldier on board each, who 'upon, his return is bound to make a report of what passed duiing the fishing. WE have again to notice .the non•arrival of the Mailx this morning In consequence of the dreadful 'state of the !bads. When this ;Paper was put to press, we had not received our Portsmouth, Ply. mouth, Falmouth, or Yarmouth Letters. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday in Down- Ing-street, which did not break up until Live o'clock. The Portuguese Ambiassador had an audience with Vir. CANNING. Early yesterday morning, Lord CATHCART ar rived at Winttior, and had an audience with his MA. JINTY for a considerable time ; afterwards hit MA JEsTv, Princesses SorittA, AuotisTA, AMUGIA,'and MARY, accompanied by Lord CATHCART, Lady ALBiNA CUMBERLAND, and Gen. FiTzuoY, went _ . to St. George's Chsapel, where a sermon was preach ed by the Rev. Afr:ett:ibirtswes, from St. Matthew, 2oth chapter, verse 1.5, and afterwards returned t o the Palace. . . . Their MAUSTIES (lid not ride out yesterday, The two younger PitiscEssus took au airing is close car riages. On Saturday' the Royal Family left town for Windsor. V i ce-Admiral Sir CIIMILP,S COTTON. ' and Rent- Admiral ()TWAY, having taken the command of the squadron off :Lisbon, Sir SIDNEY 'Stew' has, we understand, proceeded to the Brazils, tip take the cottunand there. 'The 11,2iricinth, Capt. Davit:, is under orders; at Portsmouth, to sail with dispatches for the Brazils. . Letters front Madeira state, that the rroopith ere are in good health and spirits ) and the utmost cordia lity, exists between the Officers and the inhabitants, General Beatessoun is equally_ popular with the habitants of Madeira as he was. with the Spaniards in Spud' AmeriCa ; ,his personal intitieece - With either could carry any [lmmures. .4 is' not nnli:;ely that the Ilitifs , and t tth Regiment will, by and by,. pro ceed to the West Indies; There is spine 'idea of making Madeira, whose climate is se fine and vourable, a seasoning_quaat:r for our troops, before they proceed to the West India Islands. Another conspiracy has been deeded in Candy murderfor the of the King. headed bSr one of the principal Desavee. It was arranged to seize the King vhed he went on an elephant hunting party, but; his Majesty charged .his intended route on the appoint ed morning, another party fell into the ambuscade ) and the plot was in 4onsequentgo' discovered. The 'King with his own hand cut 0 his illieitter's head, foci offered a reward for others , of the conspirators who escaped. Letters were received on Saturday from Guam 4ey, mentioning the arrival there of a Danish vessel, eletained and seat in by the General Doyle Privateer, which, on the 94th of January, in lat. 15. long. 10. saw a fleet of large ships to leeward, but at too great a distance' to distinguish what they w e re. in the evt ning be saw one of the vessels on fire. Tr; v were standing to the Southward and West ville. It sae supposed in the City that these chips nne,' •t be.ete ltochetort squadron, but the cutumu itieiu len is too vague to warrant any c(otelusion. The doubtless, will elope the system so sttecess falt) practised by Adatiai VII.I.P.NEUVE, to burn. Or sink etIFTY ktriP6ol they tuttA, in order to conceal the t',lo nt their flight. The ship thus seen on fire • pay hfivn met with this fine. The. Gazette, of Saturday contains Loyal and Pa triotic Addresses to His MAJESTY, pn the vigorous measures of his Councils, from 'the Corporations o f By, wietr, Kilmarnock, and'Stirling. • A singular policy of insurance has been opened et LLOYD Its purport was to give so guineas to receive. noel. if the American Embargo were not re moved by the 32d of March ; that is,whoever.under writes this policy, bets five to one that the Embargo will be removed Mine that limo. • 11?0,11 THE FRENCH PAPERS. DECLARATION Of PIUMSIA ACIAiNgT ENG LAND " The4c.ing being oblige 4 by the 2 7th Article of the Treaty of Peace of Tilsit, concluded on the oth July, 1867, to shut, without exception, the Prussian Ports and States against the trade and navi gation of England, as long as the present war lasted between England and France, his Majesty has not hesitated to take progressively the most appropriate rrreasitrea to fulfil his engagements. " In dire(ing theSe' measures, his Majesty `did } ' not dissemble the prejudice. ; and loss which would result to the commerce of his Dominions in general, and that of his Subjeets, who by a long series of misfortunes have acquired new rights to his paternal solicitude and benevolence; but his Majesty yielded to the consolatory hope, that the mediation offered by Russia to England, by accelerating the return of a definitive Peade between Great Britain and France, would soon bring about an . order of things more congenial to the particular interests of each Power. The King has been deceived,in his just expec tation; the events that have taken place since; and which are too well known to render it necessary to recapitulate them, fur from bringing the so much desired period of general peace nearer, have only placed it at a greater distance. " All.communieatiop is broke'n of between Rus sia and England. The Decltiratlon of his Majesty the . .Einperor of All the Russias, published on the 260) Oelober, that there is no longer any relatbn bet Ween these two Powers, His Prussian Majesty intimately conlie&ed Lyy all his relations with the cause and system of the Continental neighbouring aid friendly Powers, has no other rules o f C on d u ot t h an hi s du ties founded upon the interest of his Stiiites, and the obligation contra6ted by a solemn Treaty. Conformably to these . principles his Majesty , setting aside those consider a ti o n s w hi c h b e -h a d hi therto respelled, in the vain hope of a 'speedy ge neral pacification and having refused, since the mission of Lord HuTcnisrsom, to receive at his Court any English Diplomatic Agent, :has just or dered his Legation at London to quit England, as soon as possible, and return to the Continent. " His Majesty the King of Prussia, in making •Icnown the resolutions vvhiph his engagements and the interest of his Monarchy impese upon him as a duty, declares by these presents, that, till the resto ration of a deanitivo Peace between the two Belli gerent Powers, there shall be no relation between Prussia and England. c( FRE4EIiICf:-W1.14A4." 4 4 Meinc:l, r)erf. t, 1110." - ROYAL DECREE. " T.ions NArol.Eoci, " Considering that every European Nation o'ight to co-operate with all, its power to the triumph of the cause of.the Continent, in a contest which 3.04 net be of long duration, and whose result is not 44ht fol. Conidering that our particular duty as well as the dearest' interests of our people command us to ac c e d e in all liointl to the desires of his Majesty the Emperor of the Prat - mit, our illustrious grotlier,.and even to surpass his hopes. Considering that the indemnity And "relief our Kingdom has a right to deMand and expea de pend entirely upon the pow4rft4 interveution of Prance. Considering, in fine; that kowever , great the sa crifidecititherto made by this Country may be, and however powerful its situation, both. 'tinder the relations of comtnerce nut' those of Finance, it is of .much tit-cater interest to dissipate. all the doubts that might exist respe6t to our intentions, and . to'prove to Europe, in the most signal manner, our attachment, and that of our peOple, to the common : Causes Art, I. From the publication of the present Decree all the Ports of. our Kingdom shall be shut against. all Ships, whatever be their denomination. Those 'Only are excepted from this disiposition, and provi sionally till a new order, of which mention is Made in the ed Article.. H. Armed ships of our Allies are not included in the. eiXclusioti directed by the preceding Article. They mny enter and quit our ports, ntsd, bring in their prizes, by conforming to the Ordinances is sued relative to 'the entrance and departure of ships . , Of war. Ships of the Allies or Neutral Powers, who may enter our Perm to, avoid the danger oldie sea, shall have no communication with the interior of our Kingdom.—They shall be subje6ted to quaran tine, and be under the most severe superintendance. The Columandant of the Port shall make them put to sea as soon as the weather shall permit.-- I\;. Viid:inikboats arc under the direa superin teudance of the Civil and Authorities'upon the coast. These Authorities shall take care; on their m1)01141) . 114, that no Communication take place, by means or the isheroltn; with the Enemy's ships z Anti other ships, To that end, there shall, be placed, 29 sentinel, a soldier on board each fishin ,boat On the return of the boat, the sentinel stag :nab his report of what has passel; during the fishery, con trary to the dispositions of the present Dveree, and the owner of the boat and crew shall be prosecuted with all the rigour of the laws. Given at Utieciit,, e3d January. (Signed) ',Louis,— .1 The Dutch Official Gazette contains'a very stropg Article upon ' the condu& which the Dutch corn » merce ought to pursue at present., The following are the most striking passages : - - "Abandon common speculation; 'do not suffer yourselves to be excluded with impunity from the empire of the seas—Fit out privateers to wrest the prey from the enemy,. to procure provisions, become almost of the first necessity.: it-is in the enemys ships that you ; ought- to seek for yOur Colonies it isat their expellee y6u ought to furnish your correspondent's with the merchan dise they want—llecollect the courage of your ancestors; recelleEt you aro fellow-countrymen of IturrEß and,Tuostr.—Must the Danes be of the least populous nations, the only one who date attack the English in open sea ? Must history say that the Danes were in the IA century what „the Dutch' were in the 17t11.--Arm, Dutchnien ! let all your Ports be filled with armed Vessels, ready to fall upon the Enemy." DON 10$11P11 MAMA Pt MSI.O, Titular Bishop of Aigalvat Inquisitor. General in the Kingdom, Member of Her Ma• jesty's Council, and her Confessor. Ti all the Faithful - of the Holy Chuich, Health, Peace, and the Grace of our Lord low, Christ out Saviour anti God. " The place of Inquisittg-General of this King dom, which we occupy, unworthy of it as we are the Holy Episcopal Charaeter with which we are invested; the exemplary zeal with which the rrioit, eminent and venerable Cardinal Patriacii of_ Lis bon bay just recommended, with so touching an unction, in his last pastoral Letter, the preserve-, Oen of tranquillity, peace, _and christian unien, necessary.in all ,rimes, and above all in the present ; all these considerations imposed upop as the'duty of concurring qn our side, and as far as we can,; in a ,salutary, °Wed, and .witheut which we CRE , not hope for any happiness either 'upon earth, nor, which ought more to concern us i in the life to come. We address them to all the Faith ful of the • Holy church, to the inhabitants of this City acid ; we conjure them to be attentive and docile to the wise and pay ith' instructions a their ,venerable father and in a circumstance which concerns their present late and their eternal happinesS. We can de nothinu better than to recall to them the paternal adyite of that great Prelate. Let them consider the situation in which we • are, the faYoprs. which the Divine Gooclpess has heaped upon tr, in the midst of Our tribulations; let them bless God in all things; let them adore with an humble and contrite heart the immutable decrees of Providence,, and, let them be grateful for the innotnerable benefit s , we have receiv ed from his all-powerful hand. " Let us ikon amongst these signal benefits, the peace and food order which have and do reign in this kingdom since a great army has come to, our succour.—We are certain of our happiness if we know how to profit by it—we enjoy equal flecurity both in our houses apd out. , Let us not forget that we owe these advant tages to the zeal and . aivity, of the General in Chief who commands us, and whose virtues we have lung known ; that the army which is in the midst of us is that of his Majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy, `l•l4rot.sort the Great; that that Monarch has been- .sent. by Gore . to proteCt Religion, and render people happy ; that lie will pour upon us the blessings of peace, if we love each other with fraternal charity--that by that means Religion and ita . Ministers will al ways be respe6ted, and that' in fine we shall enjoy all aorta of happiness if we shew ourselvei worthy of such great prote6tien. It is thus that we ought to condttet,*ourselves to, accomplish faithfully the Pm- ' cepts. of the l o ord, who commands, us to' ,obey power, not thrOugh fear, but through- a duty of conscience. " Let us incessantly have before our eyei the touching expalations which the venerable - Pastor . . of this Cicy and Diocese has addressed tp his flock, to 'mite them in Christian charity, and to obtain peace and repose, of which we hive so ranch heed ; anti because that objet is of : the greatest importance, even for the preservation of the purity of.our , faith, we conjure All the Deputies of the'Council General of Inquisitions, and other 1 4.qinisters of the Holy Office, to unite - their zeal to.ours to maintain and, consolidate the public tranquilliiii. a We recommend it especially to 411 the, religious in general, and to each in particular, to; give in all circumstances the example of perfeft sUbtnisoion, as it tkcemes the Ministers of a God of Peaee, who offer (bib/ the sacrifice of propitiation, and who ought to be Inodels of evangelical perfettion to the peoplo.— We exhort then' to recall without "ceasiug the faith rut to their dutisi, and above all to impress' them with this truth, that there never cart be too much peace and union. And in order that our Father may recall all the Tribunals of Inquisition in the kingdom, we have caused it to be stuck up and published in ihe churches of our distril, in the accustomed form. `" Given at Lisbon, under the Seal of the Holy .;;; Office, 22d,Dccember, 1807." Limos, juLt .12.—Taveru-keepers are ordered not to receive Soldiers after seven o'clock at night. 1 The agio of paper-money is 25 per cent Th• 4 000 Spaniards who occupy Oporto observe the best discipline. • INo one has left this city for the Brazils. The Head-quarters of the-English Fat;loiy at Lisbon have been confiscated. We continue to enjoy the great. est tranquillity. The city stud inhabitants only furnish the troops with beds, furniture, fire, and candles. It is from Algiers that the English Fleets before Cadiz annisbon draw their provisions. VIENNA ) JAN. 16.—We learn that the English Squadron, which sailed about the 16th of Novem , bar last with from ten to twelve thousand troops, is arrived in the Archipelago. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 1 5 .—The Ottoman Fleet which entered this port on the 4th inst. consists of two Ships of three decks, nine Sail of the Line, fire Frigates, and a Brig. . On the bth inst. the Captain Pacha (Sam ALL l'AptiA) paid A visit to the Ministers of the PONE and on the 7th, had an audience of the SZlGLigilt, when his Highness made him . a presoL:v of a'riclo . Pelisse and an Aigrette, an 4 bestow cid up,..:: birp the title of Gallyizi, (Conqueror of the Infidels' ' , The Captain Pacha Last dime ttigittos in the last. a don, which was fought near Tenedos j in the: war tiefore last, he had 'his lower jaw cabled away eU. wards the close of the salon which was fought in the Black Sea, when he cut through six Ansel= Ships of the Line. Daq:. t g.—For sops days pest a horthwest wind has prevailed, which has obliged the English Fleet .t:p leave the Straits of the Pardanclles; the masters of some 4evanterge,•sert that they have sustained such considerable damage that they will be compelled 4.) seek some port to repair them, but the Engiisl, have no port nearer than Malta : al rea dy have seV,erit; Ships, coming from g.gypt with prOvisions, taken advantage of their absent:4 to enter ctie•Strait, anti arrived the Capital. P4als, JAN. 2> y. - The Senate yesterday held an extraordinary sitting. We are assured that in tlikl ittliag all organic Senailis • Consullunr was presented ; for the tzreation of a new grand ittguitary ut .40- Empire, with the title of " Governor-General of thu Department beyond ttio Alps ;" • hi, prerogatives an 4 funtlions will be the wile as' those of the Princu Arcla,chancelloy.and Graud Elc.tactr..., Ile will reside at Genoa. COPENIIAGEN, JAN ! Corps of CIAO? Russians, with 144 pieces of caniiuti, is to bo as sembled on the frontiers Of Theie troops: are still in their cantontrjonts, farther or ders. - I.'ntnrra, bat. 1 t .—Yesterdaylour town wi,tnesso a very unexpeaed sight ; all at once appeared a Russian Fleet of 15 sail, which anchored in our Road; amongst the number are three ships of the line, two large frigates of 50 guns, and several cor vettes, Sec. It seems that this naval fQrce will pass the remainder of the winter here:' their visit will 'be doubtless advantageous to this City a to Which, the Itussians will insure tk defence against England. kbag with letters from Heligoland was received, yesterday at the Post-Office, but it contained no German Papers, and the private letters are destitute of intelligence. There are eight Gottenburgh Mails dm.% Another socret expedition is in preparation It will t;onsist of from 12 to 15 i 0OU men, under the command of General Sir Joitti STEWART, the Hero of Iklaida. Fifty Transports were taken up on aa' turday, for this puppets. The Cu A woe LLOR of the Excn Haus", we under stand, ,lias no new taxes whatever to pfopose in 11/5 approaching Budget; and from the great produaive incretiae in the Property Tax,. and the advance of three milliOns without interest, from the Bank, it k expected that he will require no more than the trifling loan of ten millions, The Expedition under the command of General Sir ROBERT PREVOST sailed on Saturday from SOn head, under convoy of rhis Majesty's Ships lig .daunted, Penelope, and Banterer. it is bound to North America, and consists of the 7th, Bth, 2.3 d, 38th, 40th, 51St; rifle corps of the 60th, 2 ,1 battalion of the 82(1, , with large detachments of oF and Statf Corps. This force, whit:4:llllMM i to nbotit t 3,000 men, is to be joined by the fifth l'ront liermudp, the, 99th, twat, and 30111 Veteran . Battalion, at Habtax. These tomes unite , ' will constitute a vet's formidable, army, and Wind.- in the event of a war with the United States, be competent to inflict destruaion on the 'whole ot the maritime towns of thin country. Besides these. reintorcroy,- , - , we tied by, the last accounts from Halifax, that the most active preparations were tuak ing for arming the militia, and plaeing the frontiers a Koper state of dpfeuce.